AwayPhone seeks MVNO partners

AwayPhone, a VoIP service which significantly reduces the cost of using a mobile phone abroad, has invited other UK mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to utilise its international network partnerships to run their own roaming services.

An MVNO is a company which provides mobile phone services but does not have its own frequency allocation of the radio spectrum, or all the infrastructure required to provide such services.

By partnering with AwayPhone, other MVNOs can offer cheaper international calls. The service provides the same benefits of roaming without actually roaming and AwayPhone can offer wholesale rates in all the 174 countries it covers.

AwayPhone provides VoIP as a separate function on a mobile handset. When travelling abroad, a user puts an AwayPhone routing SIM into their mobile phone. This eliminates the need to connect via a Wi-Fi network, and there is no need to worry whether the call will be charged per minute, or whether charges will vary.

The AwayPhone SIM card and activation code links a regular mobile number into the company’s system so users can still receive every phone call while abroad.